On Tuesday 10 March 2015 11:06:26 The Wanderer wrote: > On 03/10/2015 at 10:31 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 03/10/2015 at 09:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Complicated by any attempt to pre-clear the address bar so you can > >> try the paste again causes the paste buffer to be overwritten by > >> the contents of said malformed address bar. So instead of fixing it > >> so one can edit it and fix it, you have to start from scratch, > >> redoing the whole copy/paste. Neither is exactly user friendly. > > > > This is only a problem if you're using the middle-click paste > > buffer. Clicking into the address bar will highlight the existing > > URL, and will therefore overwrite the contents of the middle-click > > paste buffer - but it will not affect the contents of the Ctrl-V > > paste buffer. > > > > I routinely right-click on a link from my mail client, click "Copy > > Link Location", switch desktops to Iceweasel, open a new tab with > > Ctrl-T, and hit Ctrl-V to paste the copied URL. It works flawlessly.
> ...but is irrelevant to the problem you're presenting, because in a > new tab there is no address-bar text to be pulled into the paste > buffer. > > However, I also sometimes right-click, "Copy Link Location", hit F6 to > shift focus into the address bar (thereby highlighting the existing > URL), and hit Ctrl-V to paste; it also works flawlessly. And it over writes what's there? Another great clue, thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503101934.24065.ghesk...@wdtv.com